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The foundation of reverence is this perception, that the present holds within itself the complete sum of existence, backwards and forwards, that whole amplitude of time, which is eternity.
The foundation of reverence is this perception, that the present holds within itself the complete sum of existence, backwards and forwards, that whole amplitude of time, which is eternity.
Approximate author period: c. 1904 AD · modern
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- Alfred North Whitehead
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- Approximate author period: c. 1904 AD · modern
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